Kick Off: Is time running out for Ryan Nelsen to get it right in Toronto? He knows clock is ticking

After what appear to be some pretty smart off season moves, Toronto FC already seem a much better side than they were last season. However, head coach Ryan Nelsen is under no illusions as to his position at the club if thinks don’t improve quickly. “They won’t give me much more time,” said Nelsen of the need for TFC to turn promise into results and, expanding on one of the main reasons last season may have been a bust, Nelsen also explained “we had five players that were taking up 81 percent of the wage bill.”

With D.C. United still rebuilding ahead of 2014, they seem to be on the verge of another major move, this time shipping Dejan Jakovic to Japanese side Shimizu S-Pulse. Jakovic was one of United's highest earners last year and his departure would likely leave Ethan White as a starting defender.

When it comes to preseason training, some MLS sides head to Tucson, some go to Florida, some even go to Portland or Ohio. Not FC Dallas. While they will be attending standard preseason training events as well, the Texas club will also be making a ground-breaking trip to the United Arab Emirates.

With the MLS SuperDraft edging ever closer, and several clubs having made moves to address their needs already this offseason, which players are likely to be among the top Generation adidas prospects this January? Soccer By Ives breaks it down.

On Friday U.S. soccer revealed its all time best XI, as voted on by a panel of experts and, somewhat unsurprisingly, Landon Donovan received the most votes, closely followed by Claudio Reyna and Brian McBride. While a number of players were eligible from across the USMNT’s 100 year history, it was perhaps to be expected that not a single member of the XI played for the US before 1988.